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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
8 Sunningdale Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PD
Received 8 Oct 201583 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 8 Oct 2015327 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0ER
Received 10 Oct 20151 Florence Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UL
Received 12 Oct 2015Almas 170 - 174 Cross Arthurlie Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1EY
Received 12 Oct 201550 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QZ
Received 12 Oct 201582 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PW
Received 12 Oct 201524 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JP
Received 12 Oct 201530 Paidmyre Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AJ
Received 13 Oct 201524 Lomondside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UJ
Received 13 Oct 2015Ambleburn 45 Broom Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DN
Received 14 Oct 201532 Woodvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RQ
Received 14 Oct 20151-4 Barcapel Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77
Received 14 Oct 201539 Kirkdene Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RN
Received 15 Oct 201537 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 15 Oct 2015Neilston Police Station 1 - 3 Station Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3EE
Received 15 Oct 2015Boots Pharmacy 61B Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RX
Received 16 Oct 2015121 Lomondside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UH
Received 16 Oct 201520 Highfield Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SW
Received 16 Oct 201511 Moor Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BA
Received 16 Oct 201572 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UL
Received 16 Oct 201570 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 16 Oct 201519 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HR
Received 19 Oct 2015Land Adjacent To 40 Neilston Road (South) Uplawmoor G78 4AB
Received 19 Oct 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for East Renfrewshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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